Konrad Karl wrote: >> I had a look into the type1 files >> >> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/l047016t.afm >> >> and >> >> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/l047036t.afm >> >> and I saw that some letters have widths=653 instead >> of 600. > > This may indeed be the real reason for this mess. > > What tool did you use to see the letter widths? You can use fontforge (previously called pfaedit). I then tried to read the afm files directly (they are just text files) and it is not difficult to understand the meaning. (afm files only contain font metrics) Best regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it